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The Icelandic Alphabet consists of the following letters: a, b, c, d, ð, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, œ, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, x, y, z, þ, ö, æ.

The vowels are:

Of these, a, e, i, o, u, y can be lengthened by accents, and thus the following are short:

and the following long:

a is pronounced like a in fat, father.

á » » » oa in broad; or a in warm.

ö » » » i or u in girdle, first, murder, sun.

æ » » » the English long i.

e » » » e in met.

è » » » e in there.

i » » » i in bill.

í » » » ee in bee.

o » » » o in not.

ó » » » o in fore, or rather broader.

œ » » » a in paper.

u » » » iew in view. Rh